Posts About "Darryl Sittler"
The NHL's Most Unbreakable Records
October 7th, 2018 Many athletes believe - or at least pretend to believe - that records are made to be broken. If that’s the case, they haven’t taken a look at the NHL’s record books, or should I say the book that Gretzky re-wrote. Wayne Gretzky’s name is scribbled throughout the pages of this particular book. In fact, he holds or shares 61...
Top 10 Offensive Seasons in Maple Leafs History
August 10th, 2018 In 2011-12, as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Phil Kessel tallied 37 goals and 82 points for a team that would go on to miss the NHL playoffs for the seventh straight season since the 2004-05 lockout. He was the last Maple Leafs player to surpass the 80-point plateau, while also hitting the 80-point mark exactly in...
Classic Draft Day Quotes
June 5th, 2018 Sometimes, what gets said on Draft Day should have stayed back on Draft Day, or been forgotten altogether. But other times, the quotes reveal the kid in the player and are instantly relatable. And then there's Phil Kessel, for whom Draft Day was time to add a new verb to the English language. "I was hard at work building swimming...
Darryl Sittler - Toronto Maple Leafs Legend
May 23rd, 2018 Darryl Sittler, the most popular player in Toronto Maple Leafs history, captured the imagination of hockey fans everywhere. In his 15-year NHL career, he scored 484 goals, 637 assists, and 1,121 points in the regular season. And although he scored another 29 goals in the playoffs, his most famous tally came in overtime against...
Darryl Sittler’s Magical 10-Point Game
February 7th, 2018 Records are made to be broken. But, more than 40 years after Darryl Sittler set the record for most points scored in a single game, it has yet to be matched, much less broken. Sittler’s name literally covered the scoresheet as he piled up six goals and four assists in the Toronto Maple Leafs' 11-4 rout over the Boston Bruins on Feb. 7,...
London Knights' History of First-Round NHL Talent
March 16th, 2017 They seem to be among the best in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and Canadian Hockey League (CHL) on a yearly basis. Even after losing arguably their three best offensive players prior to the 2016-17 season, the OHL’s London Knights are destined for the playoffs once again. Part of that is the development of their players - the...
